Powder-box.



J. W. WEISMANTEL.

POWDER, BOX.

APPLICATION FILED 0013.14, 191]..

Patentd June 3,1913.

,INVENTOR M v 7 BY 'ORNEYS WJINESSES: v (962.61% 1 ,4

w. wnisrmncre-L, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, sssreuos. T MEYER w.

- soreness, or new YORK, N. Y.

JEOWIDER-BQX.

.1 Specification Ieflel'slfvaienc- Elzrtented June it, wil 3.

Application filed. October 14, 1911. Serial No. 65%,653.

To (all 207mm 2'6 may co more it known that l', JosErr-i "WJ WinsMyanmar], citizen oi the United States, residing; at Newark, in thecounty of .llssex and State of New Jersey have invented cerma". new anduseful improvements in me -Boxes and i do hereh declare the follow] g tobe a full, clear, and exact dedption of the invei'it-ion such as willen- :a .e others skilled in the :U'i) to which it opins to make and usethe same, refer- :e being had tothe accompanying drawin s, and toletters of reference marked eon, which form a. part of this specific: 1

n's invention. relates to a. lid or cover for cum powder hox, which lidis adapted over th" perr' zlted end of the box to J for the S11E16. isadnph 2. powder puff to receive r from the nor; when the ho}: is inand.shaken, and the invention is .aer designed to provide the interior ofover with means for holding the powder pun in such a. manner that whenthe lid or cover is witi. drawn from the box the powder puhf can berejected from the lid so to present full surface for use on the face orhe desiring to use the some, and ent contact of the edges oi": the lidof the user. The means within 'e" for projecting the putt can be a meansor automatically projecting the pufi' from the oover when. the cover isremoved f e host. The holding means. how- 1 he of n. kind that retreatswithin cover when the cover is placed over the pressed on the born Thelid (13G he held on the box by the fricr engagement with the top edgesof the hut it will understood that any kind eons can he employed forsecuring the on is illustrated in the ecooin- -ing, in which wic sadapted for use in any kindv I. .on' I prefer, however, to e round form,the hot: having e. e 115. which is provided with perforatop plete con.be made of any the best form is A. cover 1-5 is Form. but l have. foundthat one that is made com-ave. adapted to lit over the box and to slideover its side edges and to be held on the box against nccioenialren'lovnl, preferably by frictional contact of its side walls H with thesides of the box. The cover is cupshaped 7 and provided with a suitablehandle 15 so thotit can be easily manipulated, but it will be understoodthat this handle 15 is not essential. The puff 16 is arranged within theeup-shaped cover when the cover is put on the box, being compressible byreason of the natural properties of the material of which it is made,and be ing also yielding on account of its being secured. to a. suitablespring l7, which spring is scoured, in any well known manner, to theinside of the top of the cover 13. Any form of spring may be employed,but I prefer to use the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2 which is a [letspring band which is passed through the putt and holds the pufi"inplace, or it can be stitched or posted to the putt, as will beunderstood. 1

W hen the cover is withdrawn from the box the spring 1? assumes itsnormal positionl shown in Fig. 2, and projects the puff 16 from the boxfar enough to present its full surface to the user by forcing it out farenough beyond the edges 01" the side walls 14: of the cover to preventthe edges of the side walls from coming in Contact with the skin whenthe putt is used. It will be understood that powder can be put on theput? before the cover taken from the box, and in this way the powder isnot wasted or spread mound as is sometimes the case when the powder isput on the puii by shakit on when the puff is removed from the box.

It will be understhod that Changes of construction within the scope ofthe appended claims may be employed in this device withoutdepartingt'rom the scope of the invention, and I do not wish to belimited to the exact forms and mezms'shown herein for projecting thepuff from the cover after the cover is removed from the box Having thusdescribed my invention, what I claim is:-

1. A powder box, a cover adopted to be placed on the box, 3. powder puffarranged he slid within the cover by the box when the cover is placed onthe box, and means for automatically projecting the powder puff from thecover when the cover is removed from the box. I

2. A powder box havin a perforated top splate, a cover adapted to beplaced over the perforated end of the box, a powder puff arranged toslide within the cover and adapted to be engaged by the top plate of thebox whenthe cover is put-on the box and to be forced thereby within thecover, and means for projecting the puff from the cover when the coveris removed from the box.

3. A powder box having a perforated top plate, a cover adapted to beplaced over the perforated end of the box, a powder puff arranged toslide within the cover and adapted to be engaged by the top plate of thebox when the cover is put on the box and to be forced thereby within thecover, and a spring within the cover for projecting the powder puff fromthe cover when the cover is removed from the box.

4. A powder box having a perforated top plate, a'cover adapted to beplaced over the perforated end of the box, a powder putf ar ranged toslide within the cover and adapted to be engaged by the top plate of thebox when the cover is put on the box and to be freed thereby withln thecover, and a spring secured to the puff and secured to the cover, saidspring acting to limit the outward movement of the puff and adapted toproject the pull from the cover when the cover is removed from the box.

5. A dispensing appliance comprising a receptacle, a recessed covertherefor, a brush mounted in said cover to normally protrude out of themouth of the same, said brush adapted to be driven into the recess insaid cover, when the latter is applied to the receptacle by the eoactionof said cover, brush and receptacle.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my handthis 8th day of July 1910.

J JOSEPH W. WEISMANTEL.

